In 2003, there were instances of the army employing cruel and degrading treatment to humiliate the public. Some people were ordered to roll around in the mud, others to crawl on the ground for several metres; there were cases of army personnel inserting foreign objects into females’ private parts, forcing club and bar patrons to engage in sexual intercourse with unknown persons at gunpoint, burning people with cigarettes, urinating on them, and forcing them to drink substances such as urine. Both the army and the police indiscriminately went into bars and clubs and beat up patrons without giving a valid reason for the assaults. These visits were mainly in the high-density suburbs where the MDC was known to have strong support. These stories are corroborated by NGO reports that are in the public domain.32 32 See: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, A Report on Organised Violence and Torture in Zimbabwe from 20 to 24 March 2003 (Harare: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, 2003); Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Political Violence Report, June 2003. 20